Comments on: You Wanna Tell Someone How You Feel about MUNI? http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/ Just another actlocallysf.org weblog Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:59:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Joseph Tham http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-409 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:49:59 +0000 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-409 MUNI must get its act together. As its budget gets bigger so does its mess. Other cities are older and much more crowded than San Francisco, ie. Amsterdam, but the transit system is much better and it has a bus schedule! Here are some of my observations of riding MUNI daily: 1) the 38 Geary needs fewer stops, 3-6 blocks apart not 1/2 - 1 block, and combine the following stops at VanNess and Franklin, Webster and Fillmore, 12th Ave. and Park Presidio. Many times people forgo an empty 38 regular and get onto a jam packed 38 limited. The 38BX should have the same stops as the 38L so that people do not use it as a shuttle bus in the avenues. 2) the 5 Fulton stops have the same problem right in front of City Hall! it stops at Van Ness and then 1/2 block away at Polk St. Could it stop in the middle of the street as the 30 Stockton and 45 buses do in Chinatown? 3) Muni could save a boat load of money by eliminating the driver in the second streetcar. Most of the time, when the streetcars are inside the tunnel, the drivers are reading the newspaper, eating, and napping. 4) It should allow loading from the back doors for people with Muni fast passes and valid transfers. The fare inspectors should ride the buses to check them. It works fine in European cites, ie. Berlin and Zurich. 5) Muni drivers need to be told not to bunch up at a bus stop meant for one bus. They need to wait back at the light instead of stopping half way down the block if there is already a bus stopped at the stop. 6) As with all major cities, S.F. needs an underground system to speed up cross town service since the roads are crowded with cars and people. Major transit corridors like Geary and VanNess need to be undergrounded to connect to BART at Market. The BRT is just a waste of money! 7) The Metro stations should have more Exit only turntiles so that people are not bunched up during the commute hours. It is these little things MUNI can do to spend up the loading and unloading of its trains and buses and speeind up the buses, ie, moving the bus stops to the other side of the traffic lights so that a fully loaded up bus don't have to wait for a red light to turn green. Has someone at MUNI thought of that one? Meanwhile, I should continue to drive my SUV to shop outside of the City since the City is making it tough for me to drive downtown to shop. Whew, I feel better already!<ul><li><label>Overall Rating</label>: 1</li> </ul> MUNI must get its act together. As its budget gets bigger so does its mess. Other cities are older and much more crowded than San Francisco, ie. Amsterdam, but the transit system is much better and it has a bus schedule!

Here are some of my observations of riding MUNI daily:

1) the 38 Geary needs fewer stops, 3-6 blocks apart not 1/2 - 1 block, and combine the following stops at VanNess and Franklin, Webster and Fillmore, 12th Ave. and Park Presidio. Many times people forgo an empty 38 regular and get onto a jam packed 38 limited. The 38BX should have the same stops as the 38L so that people do not use it as a shuttle bus in the avenues.

2) the 5 Fulton stops have the same problem right in front of City Hall! it stops at Van Ness and then 1/2 block away at Polk St. Could it stop in the middle of the street as the 30 Stockton and 45 buses do in Chinatown?

3) Muni could save a boat load of money by eliminating the driver in the second streetcar. Most of the time, when the streetcars are inside the tunnel, the drivers are reading the newspaper, eating, and napping.

4) It should allow loading from the back doors for people with Muni fast passes and valid transfers. The fare inspectors should ride the buses to check them. It works fine in European cites, ie. Berlin and Zurich.

5) Muni drivers need to be told not to bunch up at a bus stop meant for one bus. They need to wait back at the light instead of stopping half way down the block if there is already a bus stopped at the stop.

6) As with all major cities, S.F. needs an underground system to speed up cross town service since the roads are crowded with cars and people. Major transit corridors like Geary and VanNess need to be undergrounded to connect to BART at Market. The BRT is just a waste of money!

7) The Metro stations should have more Exit only turntiles so that people are not bunched up during the commute hours.

It is these little things MUNI can do to spend up
the loading and unloading of its trains and buses and speeind up the buses, ie, moving the bus stops to the other side of the traffic lights so that a fully loaded up bus don’t have to wait for a red light to turn green. Has someone at MUNI thought of that one?

Meanwhile, I should continue to drive my SUV to shop outside of the City since the City is making it tough for me to drive downtown to shop.

Whew, I feel better already!

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]]> by: Hillary Theimer http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-379 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:55:56 +0000 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-379 Many MUNI drivers go WAY to fast, people have died from them hitting someone and not watching. it is a program that needs total revamping altogether. Mayor Gavin,you can do it with the help and support of others. this is what needs attention. Hillary Theimer<ul><li><label>Overall Rating</label>: 10</li> </ul> Many MUNI drivers go WAY to fast, people have died from them hitting someone and not watching.
it is a program that needs total revamping altogether. Mayor Gavin,you can do it with the help and support of others. this is what needs attention. Hillary Theimer
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]]> by: Stuart Smith http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-327 Fri, 04 May 2007 01:26:14 +0000 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-327 I realize that no one is capable of rescuing MUNI without dismantling the byzantine union contracts that have kept every Mayor in office beyond his usefullness to the city he or she serves. Nat Ford seems like a good man with impressive credentials, but MUNI is operating less frequently on fewer routes with a bigger budget than ever before and the operators give the impression that they're independent contractors and pick and choose how they'll operate the vehicle they're operating when they choose to show up for work. MUNI is a bigger mess than when Willie Brown almost got trounced by Tom Ammiano and unless Mayor Newsom can achieve something, he's going to have this as another in a long list of failures of his administration. FIX MUNI!!!!!<ul><li><label>Overall Rating</label>: 1</li> </ul> I realize that no one is capable of rescuing MUNI without dismantling the byzantine union contracts that have kept every Mayor in office beyond his usefullness to the city he or she serves. Nat Ford seems like a good man with impressive credentials, but MUNI is operating less frequently on fewer routes with a bigger budget than ever before and the operators give the impression that they’re independent contractors and pick and choose how they’ll operate the vehicle they’re operating when they choose to show up for work. MUNI is a bigger mess than when Willie Brown almost got trounced by Tom Ammiano and unless Mayor Newsom can achieve something, he’s going to have this as another in a long list of failures of his administration. FIX MUNI!!!!!
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]]> by: Jeff Schwartz http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-322 Tue, 01 May 2007 17:47:01 +0000 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/talkingpoints/2007/04/24/you-wanna-tell-someone-how-you-feel-about-muni/#comment-322 MUNI sucks. Especially the N-Judah, which no longer seems to even serve the Outer Sunset. There, I feel better already.<ul><li><label>Overall Rating</label>: 1</li> </ul> MUNI sucks. Especially the N-Judah, which no longer seems to even serve the Outer Sunset. There, I feel better already.
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